The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State
of Nebraska and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local
recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding on
May 11-12, 2005.

Federal funding is available to State and eligible local
governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a
cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of
facilities damaged by the severe storms and flooding in the counties of
Adams, Buffalo, Fillmore, Frontier, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Kearney,
Merrick, Seward, and York.

Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for
hazard mitigation measures statewide.